Universal Cryo Gas, LLC - On-site Industrial Gases Producer / Supplier: Onsite Nitrogen, Oxygen, Argon produced and supplied at your plant site.

Universal Cryo Gas is a producer / supplier of nitrogen gas and/ or oxygen gas from UCG-owned and operated plants located at customer sites.

UCG on-site gas plants / gas generation units deliver product directly from the UCG production site to the user's in-plant distribution system. UCG customers will save money, compared to the alternative of vaporizing bulk liquid products as their sole means of meeting their needs for gaseous nitrogen and/ or oxygen; and they will enjoy customized contract terms which reflect their specific site circumstances.

On-site produced gases are not only less expensive, but also "greener" than using vaporized liquid nitrogen or oxygen as the source of gaseous oxygen or nitrogen. On site production is more "green" for the same reasons that on site production is so cost effective: it requires significantly less energy to produce and distribute nitrogen and oxygen as pipelined gaseous products than it does to produce the same amount of product as liquid nitrogen or oxygen and then deliver it to the end-user site.

On-site Production of Nitrogen and/ or Oxygen - The Best Choice for Many Users

Most users of nitrogen or oxygen require and use these products as in gaseous form. Only a few users, such as food freezers and tire recyclers, take advantage of the refrigeration which is contained in liquid products.

The primary reason for producing and distributing nitrogen and oxygen as liquid products is that, once in liquid form, they can be easily transported to user sites from regional bulk liquid production sites.

While bulk liquid delivery of products is convenient, it is also expensive; and it is wasteful of energy. In most cases, ambient air vaporizers are used to covert purchased bulk liquids products to gaseous form, and then warm the gas to near-ambient temperature.

On-site production of nitrogen or oxygen as gas, for use as gas, not only consumes less energy than producing user requirements as cryogenic bulk liquid product, it also avoids the significant expenses associated with transportation of the liquid product from the production site to the use site.

Bulk liquid product transportation costs not only include the obvious (diesel fuel, driver pay, and the costs associated with purchasing, operating and maintaining a fleet of delivery vehicles), but also product transfer losses which accompany trailer loading and unloading operations.

Users of nitrogen or oxygen which use vaporized bulk liquid products as their sole source of nitrogen or oxygen should consider switching to UCG onsite gas production and supply services.

Typical initial year savings for customers which switch from using vaporized bulk liquid products to meet their needs are 20% to 40%; which is usually hundreds of thousands of dollars a year. .

Users already using on-site-produced gases can consider switching to UCG as a potential replacement supplier.

UCG offers supply solutions which are attractively priced, and coupled with much more customer-friendly commercial terms than are available from alternative onsite gas producer/ suppliers.

Universal Cryo Gas customers purchase their nitrogen gas and oxygen gas requirements through cost-effective, long-term, utility-like supply agreements.

UCG customers not only enjoy immediate cost savings versus alternative liquid or gas supply arrangements, but their savings will increase over time.

The 20% to 40% savings which users of vaporized bulk liquid products typically realize are just the beginning. They will increase over time because bulk liquid products require twice as much electric power to produce, and delivered prices for bulk liquids include the impact of escalating diesel fuel and other costs.
Users already using on-site-produced gases can consider switching to UCG as a potential replacement supplier.

Ideally, users should contact UCG more than two years in advance of the end of their current supply period to allow time to review their situation and to generate a site-specific offering reflecting current and anticipated user needs. Users must be proactive or they may discover that they have become "locked-in" to their current supplier through failure to comply with pre-termination notification clauses and other terms and conditions which were included in their supply agreements for the purpose of making last minute comparison shopping and change of supplier close to impossible.

The initial supply period for most on-site nitrogen and oxygen supply contracts is typically 7 to 15 years. Both the production system which is installed by UIG / UCG and the on-site gas supply contract terms will be tailored to reflect site-specific factors, including current demand levels and patterns and changes which customers anticipate may occur during the agreed upon supply period.

Over the past few years, many industrial gas users have seen long-established, previously-satisfactory, supply relationships change for the worse.

As a result of a series of mergers, acquisitions and restructurings, a small number of industrial gas companies now produce more than 95% of the oxygen, nitrogen, argon and hydrogen consumed in the United States.
The impact on local market competition in many areas of the United States has been severe. It is not uncommon for industrial gas users to find that only two major industrial gas companies are supplying customers in their area; whereas, just a few years ago, there had been three or four bulk liquid products and onsite gas suppliers which were interested in competing for their business.
Most bulk liquid customers have grown tired of unanticipated base price increases and "temporary" transportation and power cost surcharges which are added to their invoices and which seem to never go away.
Many customers have experienced a frustrating degradation in support services as the larger industrial gas supply companies have reduced overall staffing levels; cut back on home office and regional engineering, construction and field service personnel; and reallocated resources which previously supported their traditional customers - refocusing them on developing markets which top management has considered to be more "strategic"; such as "hydrogen", "semiconductor materials", "home healthcare", "China" and more generally, "Asia".

Universal Cryo Gas (UCG) offers new on-site gas supply alternatives to North American users of nitrogen or oxygen gas, which would like to make a change for the better in their supply arrangements.

UCG wants to earn your business and keep your business - by providing responsive, customer-friendly service, and by offering it user-clients production systems and commercial arrangements that cost-effectively and reliably meet their current and future needs.

We will be pleased to review your requirements and preferences; and work with you to define the best solution for your specific situation.

We will provide you with the best pricing and contract terms, including performance guarantees; and an ongoing relationship that fully meets your needs and expectations.

If you currently purchase onsite-produced gas or liquefied industrial gas products, and wish to investigate producer/ supplier alternatives, you should begin to seriously examine potential options well in advance of the end of your current supply period.

Please visit our page of Tips on Understanding and Managing the Process of Changing Your Industrial Gas Supplier for additional information on issues and opportunities associated with renewal of or replacement of currently active supply arrangements.